"When she was born, that's when things went wrong for us."
Traditional rich Maori culture is preserved marvellously with Whale Rider; this captivating slice of New Zealand filmmaking. Whale Rider was a complete surprise for me. Habitually, I had mistaken the film for some propaganda that promotes the ideologies of the Maori culture. On the contrary, Whale Rider was the farthest thin... read more
Description:On the east coast of New Zealand, the Whangara people believe their presence there dates back a thousand years or more to a single ancestor, Paikea, who escaped death when his canoe capsized by riding to shore on the back of a whale. From then on, Whangara chiefs, always the first-born, always male, have been considered Paikea's direcOn the east coast of New Zealand, the Whangara people believe their presence there dates back a thousand years or more to a single ancestor, Paikea, who escaped death when his canoe capsized by riding to shore on the back of a whale. From then on, Whangara chiefs, always the first-born, always male, have been considered Paikea's direct descendants. Pai, an 11-year-old girl in a patriarchal New Zealand tribe, believes she is destined to be the new chief. But her grandfather Koro is bound by tradition to pick a male leader. Pai loves Koro more than anyone in the world, but she must fight him and a thousand years of tradition to fulfill her destiny.... (more)(less)
"13.5. (Teatteri)
Edellisellä katselulla vaikutuin hienoista kuvista ja musiikeista, mutta loppujen lopuksi tällä toisella kerralla hahmojen masentavuus ja tarinankerronnalliset lapsukset (lapsus... siinä vasta hauska sana. Pitäisi käyttää enemmänkin. Lapsus, lapsus, lapsus!) alkavat ärsyttämään ihan simona. Kaiken lisäksi jouduin pitämään ennen elokuvaa pienimuotoisen puheen, jouduin paniikkiin ja mokasin homman, jolloin vitutus oli sitäkin suurempi.
Perinteiden säilyttämin"
ladybellatrix added this to a list 1 month, 3 weeks ago
"The scene in which young Maori girl Paikea (Keisha Castle-Hughes) gave her award-winning speech in school about her ancestors, crying profusely as she delivered it because her grandfather and Maori chief Koro (Rawiri Paratene) didn't show up; the mass beaching of whales and the desperate attempts by the Maori to keep them alive, and the mystical scene in which Paikea literally rode the back of the largest whale out to sea, having restored its will to live so it could unbeach itself: ("I wasn't a"
ToonHead2102 added this to a list 2 months, 2 weeks ago
" An island heritage that is already desperately trying to hold onto it's own identity, finds itself even more challenged when a little girl tries desperately to fit into it in a manner that would break one if it's fundamental "rules". For, in order to triumph, she must dispel the ages old belief that to achieve the mantle of a chieftain, one must be a male.
And in the process, she ends up making both that old tradition and a pack of whales, her b#tchez.
Yay for Girl Power!
"
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Nuori maorityttö syntyy perheeseen, jossa odotetaan poikaa jatkamaan suvun perinteitä. Tytön syntyessä hänen äitinsä kuolee ja perheen patriarkka, isoisä (Rawiri Paratene) on pettynyt siihen, ettei lapsi ole poika... mikä vuorostaan aiheuttaa skismaa perheen sisällä isoisän ja muun perheen välille.
Vuosien mittaan kuitenkin kivikovan ja aivan hillittömästi yrmyilevän vaarinkin sydän heltyy, vaikka hän edelleen sovinisti onkin. Pikkutytön turva löytyy suvun ja l"
Lamourderer added this to a list 1 year, 2 months ago
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An island heritage that is already desperately trying to hold onto it's own identity, finds itself even more challenged when a little girl tries desperately to fit into it in a manner that would break one if it's fundamental "rules". For, in order to triumph, she must dispel the ages old belief that to achieve the mantle of a chieftain, one must be a male. And in the process, she ends up making both that old tradition and a pack of whales, her b#tchez.
Yay for Girl Power!
"
johanlefourbe added this to a list 1 year, 3 months ago
"Ihmissuhdejuoni lapsisankareineen jättää parannettavaa, mutta tämän leffan vahvemmiksi puoliksi nousevatkin kauniit valaiden kuvaamiset sekä todella loistava musiikki. Uuden-Seelannin vanhat perinteetkin ovat mielenkiintoisia."
rosstmiller added this to a list 1 year, 5 months ago
"Original Title: 'Whale Rider'
Directed by: Niki Caro
With: Keisha Castle-Hughes
Plot: A contemporary story of love, rejection and triumph as a young Maori girl fights to fulfill a destiny her grandfather refuses to recognize.
Note: I think it is important to point that, in my opinion, most movies evolving around kids are usually really so uninspired and sugercoated, there are honestly a waste of time, even for children. This movie is really one of the (few) expections. The story is"
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